From his early days producing direct-to-video slasher films, to being a major figure in the independent cinema movement of the 1990s, Richard Gladstein has built a reputation as a champion of filmmakers. His credits span across budgets and genres. You may know his collaborations with director Quentin Tarantino, dating all... Read more
When Sam Altman, CEO of the company behind ChatGPT, gave Congressional testimony about the dangers of AI, many believed Altman had genuinely altruistic intentions. More cynically, we wondered if Altman was embarking on a preemptive apology tour, aiming to foster good will before damning revelations about his company could come... Read more
In December 2022, Google initiated “code red.” Fucking finally! This meant that Google was mobilizing its hordes to protect user privacy, restore compliance with antitrust laws, and disentangle its ad revenue machine from profiting from massive criminal enterprises. Right? Wrong. Google invoked “code red” to announce a completely different priority.... Read more
Since OpenAI released ChatGPT in late 2022, it seems like everyone has been talking, pontificating, or simply ranting about artificial intelligence. Many people believe AI is poised to change the planet in the next several years – maybe, some say, by eliminating our species. Even some of the AI developers... Read more
Since we last updated The Facebook Timeline of Scandal and Strife, Meta has seen major changes. While CEO Zuck hasn’t melded other minds with machines or uploaded his own neural network to the metaverse, his latest scheme is equally dystopian if more mundane: squeezing his workforce to reduce costs and reap... Read more
We have previously written about the quasi-independent global Oversight Board that Facebook (now Meta) set up to provide guidance on how to handle content moderation issues. In February 2023, the Oversight Board announced it would take more content moderation cases and speed up its review processes. Simultaneously, the Board released... Read more
In March 2022, we blogged about Rights Manager, Meta’s barely functioning content protection tool. As you may recall, Facebook introduced video to its platforms in 2007, after which, it waited NINE DAMN YEARS to release a product meant to stem the massive, entirely foreseeable tide of piracy that would come... Read more
One rainy L.A. morning, we were minding our own business, slowly drying off after navigating another atmospheric river, when we encountered a nasty surprise. No, it wasn’t the dog poop by the office building elevators – we knew where that came from. What truly disgusted us was the resurgence of... Read more
If you happen to follow CreativeFuture on social media, you will see that we travel from our Los Angeles office to Washington, D.C. four or so times each year with creative teams from films or television shows. Ever wonder why we do that? It’s not because the copyright gods require... Read more
Dear Members, Friends, and Family, We’ve been a very good nonprofit coalition this year. Well, okay, we’ve occasionally been pretty damn naughty. But the targets of our ire richly deserve it! We’re sure you’ll agree upon reviewing our Timelines of Scandal and Strife. News alert: Silicon Valley is still just... Read more